History
German Coast Slave Insurrection of 1811
Enslaved people from Louisiana sugar plantations staged the largest slave revolt in United States history in 1811.
Greater New Orleans
Greater New Orleans Index
7.12 d. German Coast Slave Insurrection of 1811
As many as five hundred enslaved people participated in an uprising against slaveholders in the Territory of Orleans.
Art
Gideon Townsend Stanton
Gideon Townsend Stanton, a stockbroker and artist, was the state director for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project in the 1930s.
History
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
The visit of General Lafayette to the United States in 1824–1825 was the occasion for a yearlong celebration unmatched in American history.
Government, Politics & Law
Governors of Louisiana
This is a complete list of the governors of Louisiana, their terms, and links to biographical entries.
History
Grace King
New Orleans novelist and historian Grace King made the city and state of her birth an abiding theme in her work.
History
Great American Steamboat Race
A river race aimed to raise spirits in the war-battered South
8.13 a.-b., d.-e. Great Depression in Louisiana
During the Great Depression farm prices in Louisiana reached unheard-of lows and deepened rural poverty.
History
Great Depression in Louisiana
Louisiana was deeply affected by the Great Depression when cotton, sugar, oil, and timber values plummeted, and the port of New Orleans experienced a precipitous decline in foreign trade.
Disasters
Great Flood of 1927
The Flood of 1927 inundated nearly 26,000 square miles in 170 counties and parishes in seven states, driving an estimated 931,159 people from their homes.
8.12 g. Great Flood of 1927
The Great Flood of 1927 inundated more than ten thousand square miles across twenty Louisiana parishes and left tens of thousands of Louisianans without shelter.
Architecture
Gretna City Hall
The Gretna City Hall building is conventional in its Beaux-Arts forms, but, squeezed onto its narrow site, it is a compact composition with a vertical emphasis.
